Pharmaceutical companies, like Pfizer, are often at odds with health insurance companies, like UHC. Like they really don’t like each other, because they’re both fighting for the same pie in a zero sum situation. Pharmaceutical companies want to charge more for medicine and insurance companies want to pay less. I’m not defending either company or industry, but I really don’t think this is as nefarious as Klippenstein is trying to make it out to be
It was recently in the news that the CEO of Pfizer was at Mar a Lago kissing Trump’s ass to try to get him to do away with pharmacy benefit managers, AKA prescription insurance, which really hit insurance stocks.
These weren’t pardons, but commuted sentences. I don’t know what the stipulations surrounding that are
I can only hope this is a joke. This is Tim Heidecker, from Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
I admire your spirit
Does cast iron really take babying? I have a 12" cast iron skillet that’s pretty much the only pan I use, and I just scrub it with steel wool, get it hot again, then throw in some avocado oil. It takes like 60 seconds of work
You could leave it outside in the dirt for 5 years and still just give it a lye bath then reseason it to work like new
I think it’s important to break down what he’s actually being charged with, and note he’s not being charged with any federal offense under any federal anti-terrorism laws. The PATRIOT Act does not apply here.
What he’s been charged with are first degree murder and second degree murder under the laws of New York State. First degree murder in New York only applies to several very specific circumstances, and the only one of those even remotely related to what Luigi Mangione did is:
the victim was killed in furtherance of an act of terrorism, as defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section 490.05 of this chapter
Which is defined as:
(b) for purposes of subparagraph (xiii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section 125.27 of this chapter means activities that involve a violent act or acts dangerous to human life that are in violation of the criminal laws of this state and are intended to:
(i) intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
(ii) influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion; or
(iii) affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnapping.
The reality is the prosecutors want to be able to get him with first degree murder, but the likelihood of that sticking, I believe, is really low. I think they believe that too, which is why he’s also charged with second degree murder. Second degree murder in this case seems like a slam dunk, whereas “charged him with terrorism” makes for flashy headlines but is just not likely to go anywhere based on what’s publicly known in this case.
What did they say that made you feel you need to try to dismiss/delegitamize them?
You really make it sound like you do
Not saying that at all, just saying the overwhelming majority of children are not having that reaction, and taking “I don’t like it” at face value every time is not going to be productive in developing healthy eating habits
This is arguable. Lots of kids will reflexively tell you they don’t like something they don’t want to try, and it often takes several tries for them to develop a taste for something and they suddenly love it. A better option is to ask them to eat one bite of something less favorable in order to access several bites of something more favorable. Whatever broccoli trauma you have is highly atypical, I’m sorry you’re dealing with that. I hide broccoli everywhere
Put it straight in my veins. NaOCl is basically a rehydrating saline solution with extra oxygen to help you breathe, right
This is a literary device called asyndeton that is mostly used in oratory rather than in the written word, which is probably why it comes off a bit strange when reading it.
I’m fine with this, TxTag was an abomination. The Harris County Toll Road Authority is already doing a better job just days into the switch
The definition of “terrorism” is more specific under NY law than federal. The specific definition related to a first degree murder charge is:
(b) for purposes of subparagraph (xiii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section 125.27 of this chapter means activities that involve a violent act or acts dangerous to human life that are in violation of the criminal laws of this state and are intended to:
(i) intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
(ii) influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion; or
(iii) affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnapping.
It seems extremely unlikely they’d be able to get any of these to stick, and none of the other cases under which someone may be convicted of first degree murder apply here, hands down. This is why the second degree murder charge, because first degree murder is almost certain to be unsuccessful for the prosecution.
Theatrics? In theatre?!
I’m clearly not able to officially diagnose this person. Please understand I’m just shooting off the cuff on Lemmy, where everyone else here is like “hey everyone, laugh at the crazy guy.” Imo those are the people you should be directing your ire at.
In my experience, this sort of goal directed activity and paranoid scrawlings are much more likely to be the result of severe mania with psychosis than schizophrenia, delusional disorder, or schizophreniform disorder, where disorganization and amotivation are more likely to occur and lead someone to be “stuck” rather than decorate an entire vehicle and drive it around town.
This person almost certainly suffers from bipolar mania
You have to have enough income and deductible expenditures to where your itemized deductions would be greater than the standard deduction of $24K, which will not be the case for the overwhelming majority of people
